RIAA
This organization represents the artists, right? WRONG! We don't get a
cent from our works thanks to the RIAA, and the only way we can
get by is to stage concerts, which is a risk because that sometimes costs us more than what we can afford. Supposedly the RIAA is trying to protect other peoples' works from being "
pirated", but in reality, the RIAA destroys 1/3 of the music CDs not sold, counts that as "Lost Sales", and rewrites it to "Lost Sales caused by
Piracy". If anything,
piracy actually HELPS us a lot because more people listen to our music and decide whether it's worth keeping or not. The RIAA just keeps on resisting changes in technology, and has even gone to the point of
suing the poor, the children, and the college students, all who make up a large percentage of its customers.
RIAA
by AYB on Feb 10, 2003 14:56:13
Acronyms:
Record Industry Assholes of America.
Rich Idiots Abusing Artists.
Really Irritating Anal Aneurisms
Raping Independent Artists Anally
Record Industry Always
Antagonizes
The record
industry's re-enactment of George Orwell's "1984". The evil entity that controls 90% of all music in America, and a rapidly-growing percentage of music worldwide. The oppressor of real musicians, and those who are tired of paying ridiculous prices for 1-good-song/14-shitty-songs CDs. Thanks to the RIAA, musicians can't profit from their works until 75+ years after they are dead.
RIAA
by music fan on May 06, 2004 14:31:28
Guess what, guys and gals. The RIAA KNEW that optical disks (CDs/DVDs) have an average life span of less than 20 years, yet they STILL pushed for the
DMCA. Now they are aggressively trying to destroy p2p/
peer-to-peer and the MP3 audio format because they DON't want people to know, for their profits are
at stake.
Example:
I bought a CD in 1988 and now it doesn't play properly because the plastic layers are basically rotten. Now I can't even try to download
replacements of te songs I had on that CD without being sued by the RIAA.
I've been
assraped by the RIAA again!!!! They told me that the CD would be a permanent replacement to the
cassette, the 8 track, and the vinyl.
RIAA
by independent artists unite! on Apr 03, 2003 01:08:32
The reason why the quality of music is going down the toilet.
The organization that kills off any chance of
innovation and originality in the music world by enforcing ITs own standards as to what IT thinks music is supposed to be, and charging ridiculous prices just to play your music.
RIAA
by Elohim on Aug 22, 2003 04:26:46
Recording Industry Association of America. An
archaic, unnecessary
conglomerate that uses bullying tatics to
scare people into thinking that they (the RIAA) have a right to exist and to be respected.
RIAA
by Mad Cat MechWarrior on Feb 20, 2003 15:30:01
A fucked up menace to humanity that
sues people just for
whistling the "Happy Birthday" song while allowing
Puff Daddy to make millions of dollars from ripping off other people's songs.
RIAA
by mevyhetal on Oct 19, 2003 01:58:58
America's
financial terrorist organization whom make hypocritical/ironic statements. They also feed lies to the public, such as blaming
the decline of sales solely on
filesharing in order to receive more support while suing the fuck out of their own customers.
Example:
The
RIAA's uproar concerning
pornography on file-sharing networks is retarded, for they market pornography to 12-year-olds via MTV and radio on a daily basis.